Month: November 2015

Windows 10 has made both big and small changes to how things are done in the OS. Many features continue to work much the same way they did in older versions of Windows but almost as many things have changed. If you previously used a USB …

Cookies, not the chocolate chip kind, have long been a familiar term to anyone who uses the internet. It’s our general understanding that websites store cookies on our computer. Occasionally, someone will write about ‘privacy’ and ‘tracking’ concerns regarding these cookies upsetting people. The more naive …

Internet Explorer gets slack for a lot of things; being too slow, being a security risk, not supporting CSS well, causing your system to slow down, causing WW 2, etc. I stopped using Internet Explorer years ago but I do remember one particular ‘feature’ that it …

Game Center is an excellent feature in iOS that lets you challenge other players anywhere in the world. It’s because of this feature that games like Tall Chess and Letterpress are possible. The sheer joy of being able to challenge a random stranger to a game …

If you’re looking to build a PC, or perhaps ready to upgrade your laptop to a newer, faster, more powerful model, you will likely have to familiarize yourself with the major components that collectively contribute to its power. The components depend on your needs which may …

Interstellar is an excellent movie that I got to see in a theater with surround sound. I’d recommend it to anyone in a heartbeat even though I still have my doubts about what Matthew Mcconaughey was saying at times and I’m partially deaf from the loud …

Quick tutorial shows you how to the latest Arduino IDE, so far its version 1.6.6, in all current Ubuntu releases. The open-source Arduino IDE has reached the 1.6.6 release recently with lots of changes. The new release has switched to Java 8, which is now both …

The nineteenth alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare, was released yesterday. PPA’s ready for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 12.04. 0 A.D. Alpha 19 named ‘Syllepsis’. It features new victory modes, a ceasefire game mode, attack coordination, …

Wireshark has reached the new table 2.0 release recently and it has been made into Ubuntu 16.04′s official repositories. Here’s how to install Wireshark 2.0 in Ubuntu 15.10 using a PPA. Wireshark 2.0 features a completely new user interface that provides a smoother, faster user experience. …

NVIDIA 358.16, the first stable release in NVIDIA 358 series, has been announced with some fixes to 358.09 (Beta) and other small features. NVIDIA 358 added a new nvidia-modeset.ko kernel module that works in conjunction with the nvidia.ko kernel module to program the display engine of …

Intel has announced a new release of its Linux graphics installer recently. Ubuntu 15.10 Wily is required and support for Ubuntu 15.04 is deprecated in the new release. The Intel® Graphics Installer for Linux* allows you to easily install the latest graphics and video drivers for …

FeedReader is a modern desktop client for popular RSS-Web-Services such as TinyTinyRSS, ownCloud News or Feedly. The application features: Desktop notifications Fast search and filters Full articles instead of previews for known sites Tagging (plugin needed for Tiny Tiny RSS) Sharing to “read-it-later” services like Pocket …

Flatabulous is a new GTK theme said to be the best flat theme for Ubuntu and other Gnome based Linux Systems. The theme is based on the Ultra-Flat theme. It was designed specially for the Unity environment on Ubuntu. Here are some screenshots: Like theme? Below …

Komodo IDE finally reached the 9.3 release with language updates, new features and tons of improvements. Here’s how to install its free and open-source counterpart Komodo Edit using PPA. Komodo 9.3 added support for PHP 7 and Python 3.5, syntax highlighting & checking support for Lua, …

Troubles tripping up technology unicorns are spilling over into human resources (HR) tech, a development that could spook small to midsize businesses (SMBs) deciding whether or not to shift personnel tasks to cloud services. At this point, though, it's not enough to stop an SMB from …

MuPDF, a free, open-source, and lightweight PDF and XPS viewer, now reaches the 1.8 release with new features, improvements and various fixes. MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C, which also reads XPS, OpenXPS and EPUB documents. It works on Windows, …

IT departments can respond to customer and employee requests faster and in more helpful detail—without the hassle of convoluted ticketing—when they're working within a fast, efficient help desk solution. Freshdesk and Zendesk are two of the most comprehensive help desks out there, but not all help …

The devices "are safe to use with the OnePlus 2, but are not exactly playing nice with non-OnePlus devices. OnePlus is offering refunds on its USB-C charging cables and adapter after a Google engineer warned that they could be dangerous. The devices "are safe to use …

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumors abound ahead of a likely reveal at Mobile World Congress 2016. It's no secret that Samsung will have a follow-up to its Galaxy S6 next year, but exactly what the S7 will offer is up for debate. A report on Monday from …